Songs
written by Jerzy Wasowski and Jeremi Przybora known as Older
Gentlemen's Cabaret, sounded in Primary School no12 on April 4th. It
happened owing to the music contest organised there for students of
primary school, secondary school and high school. Our school was
represented by Karolina Kitlinska (class IE). Karolina was awarded 1st
prize for performing the song "Embarras'

The
student of class Ia - Przemysław Siemieniako became a winner of the
competition "The fate of the soldier and the history of the Polish army
in 1939-45" on the voivodeship level. It is a particularly great
achievement because the topic of the competition exceeds the curriculum
of lower secondary school. Przemek, as one of three students
represented the district of Płock during the 3rd stage of the contest
which took place in John Paul II Lower Secondary School in Warsaw. He
competed mainly with 3rd class students. Despite that, he scored 89 per
cent of the points and became a laureate.
His success was supported by the history teacher, Ms Anna Rutkowska

Jakub Gołębiowski (2d)

Eco tour "The welcome pf the spring"

On March 22nd there was the 31st Eco tour "The welcome of the spring"
The route was the trail in Płock: the ravine BrzeĽnica to
"Sobótka" - Our team counselled by Mr J. Janicki, took 3rd place.

Jakub Gołębiowski (2d)

The first day of sprng

This
year our school decided to celebrate the first day of spring in a
different way than before. The teachers: Ms Iwona Kołodziejska,
Ms Jadwiga Kruczyńska, Ms Jolanta Malecka and Mr Rafał G±siorowski
prepared some competitions for students. The event consisted of two
parts. The first one was an eco-fashion show. The students presented
their outfit designs. In this competition the best ones were outfits
designed by classes 2D and 1B. The second part of the event consisted
of different tasks regarding general knowledge on history, maths,
physics, science, chemistry and geography. We thank Mr Sebastian
Dorajczyk for his help in organizing the event.

On
March 21st there was a Maths competition for second class students
which was prepared and carried out by M Jasinska , B Skorłutowska and
B. Szymanska.
1st place was awarded to class 2D: Natalia Bawtrol, Natalia Zmysłowska, Tomasz Jarzyński
2nd place was awarded to class 2A: Wioletta Jeznach, Mateusz Durdasiak, Jakub Paradowski.
3rd place was awarded to class 2B : Mateusz Falkowski, Kamil Goszczyński, Patryk Lencki

Jakub Gołębiowski (2d)

Educational project "Płock without any secrets - do you
know your city?

During
the first term of the school year 2013/2014 the second grade students
from the class 2D with the teacher Ms Jolanta Gostomska
carried out an educational project "Płock without any secrets - do you
know your city?" As part of the activities connected with the
realisation of the project, the young got to know the history of Płock
and the oldest monuments of the Tumskie Hill. The plan of the project
was to induce and encourage the participants to look at the
loveliness of the place they live in from a different perspective.

On
the 22nd of January flowers were laid at a memorial plaque by January
Uprising Cross and Sigmunt Obelisk. (This armed rebellion was 151 years
ago).The event was accompanied by our school's colour guard and the
students from the first grade (class 1A and 1F). The students from the
class 2B gave some information about the January Uprising in Płock. The
students were taken care of by Ms Jolanta Małecka, Ms Iwona Warszawska,
Ms Magdalena Cyls, Ms Jolanta Gostomska and the deputy head teacher Mr
Jarosław Janicki.

On
17th of January 2014 school number 6 in Płock organized the competition
“Christmas Carols” Duets from primary schools and middle
schools from Płock and its areas took part in this event. Our school
was represented by Kinga Koziorowska(1g) I Karolina
Kitlińska(1e). Our duet won the first prize. Congratulations

The
Grand Finale of GOCC takes place on the first or second Sunday of every
new year. Sponsored by many Polish and worldwide companies, it is a
one-day long, nationwide, money-raising event. On the 12th January
2014, the volunteers from middle school number 5 in Płock took part in
the 22nd edition of GOCC. They went out on the streets of Płock and
collected money in special cans which were labeled with a red heart.
Our students managed to collect 1867zł and 06gr. This year, money
are going to be spend on the life-saving equipment for newborns and
children but also for elderly people.

Karol Wójcik 2b

Christmas time

Christmas
in Poland starts on 24th December and it is very beautiful. There are
many lights,decorations and Christmas trees. Christmas in Poland is
wonderful. When the first star appears in the sky, families sit around
the table where there are a lot of delicious Christmas dishes for
example; fish, borsch, dumplings . During this evening children
get some presents from Santa Claus. The first and second days of
Christmas are also very nice. A family meets again and there are a lot
of fun. Of course nobody goes to work or school. Christmas is the time
when people spend time with their families .
Merry Christmas everyone?

Anna Marjanyan(2nd grade-2b)

Christmas poster

On
11th December " A Christmas poster " competition took place in our
school. It was orgenised by Mrs Grouda. Students from class 1d and 1f
made posters about Chrismas traditions in the UK. Here are the winners:
Aneta Bombalicka, Andżelika Brzozowska - 1st place, Kinga RzewoĽnik -
2nd place, Alicja Brzeska and Olga Kosin - 3rd place. Julia Nowalińska
and Weronika Rutkowska were awarded recogrition prizes.

Patryk Lencki (2b)

Santa Claus in kindergarten

On
6th December a group of students from class 1g visited kindergarten
children and surpised them with sweet gifts. Kinderganten is temporary
lacated in our school. Some children were brave enough to tell Santa
Claus and his helpers nursery rhymes.

On 5th December 2013 there was a concert in the Town Hall. The
occasion was handing the President of Plock’s awards to
children and youth for the artistic achievements. The prize was given
to our graduate Sara Trafas. During the concert she was accompanied by
Daniel Przyborowski from 3rd grade(3a) and Mr Sebastian
Dorajczyk.

The
group of students who took part in the Tesco competition for schools is
asking all the community of Junior High School number 5 in Plock for a
daily voting on the film which was sent to the competition. To cast
your vote you should be registered on the website: www.tescodlaszkol.pl
. You should give your name, surname, the date of birth, your e-mail
address and the place of residence. Then you should log in and vote on
the film titled: "szalona piatka"

Gerard Paduchowski (3d)

Contest about Scotland

On
29th of November in our school there was a contest about
Scotland. The occasion was Saint Andrew’s Day, the patron of this
country. The organizer of the competition was Mrs. Agnieszka
Gruda. The contestants answered the questions about the
geography, history and culture of Scotland The jury was: Mrs. Kamila
Biegańska and Mrs. Agnieszka Gruda. Jakub Paradowski (class
2a)took the first place, Dominik Gostomski ( Class 3a) and the third
place took Gabriel Brzozowski (class 1b)

Wojciech Napórkowski ( 2nd grade-2b)

Lesson in the library "Chotomek"

On
the 26th of November 2013 class 1b participated in activities organized
by the library for children and young people ,,Chotomek’’
at Sienkiewicza Street. The students were under the care of
Mrs. Ewa Łabu¶ and Mr. Sebastian Dorajczyk.

On
the 15th November class 2b organised a night at school under the care
of Mr Jolanta Małecka, Ms Rafał G±siorowski and Ms Daniel Sieradzki.
That night a lot of strange things happened at school. Apart from
eating pizza, we found a mysterious letter. A mysterious person,
unidentified until today, with the help of some clues, led us to
different, sometimes extraordinary places, where there were various
tasks, also mathematical ones. We managed to solve all of them. The
whole event lasted from 6 PM to 6 AM.

Poetry Recitation Contest

On
8th November, 2013 at the District Office in Plock recitation contest
was held to celebrate the National Independence Day. During the
competition, it was possible to hear many interpretations of patriotic
poetry. There were two students from our school: Violetta Dobrzeniecka
and Aneta Bombalicka. Violetta took the second place in her age
category and the special prize in the contest. Congratulations!

Kacper Barciński (3rd grade-3e)

WORLD FOOD DAY - Not wasting food

The
official World Food Day theme – announced at the start of every
year by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) – gives focus to World Food Day observances and helps
increase understanding of problems and solutions in the drive to end
hunger. Our school took part in this event by organizing the Autumnal
Debate about not wasting food. The debate was organized by the students
from the Middle school number 5 in Plock from the 2nd and 3rd
grade (class 3e and 2b) on 16th of October 2013. As a part
of the event students prepared the multimedia presentations and
the artworks connected with the celebration of World Food Day.
After the debate students organized an exhibition of artworks.
Furthermore, students designed the brochures which were sent
electronically to all of parents of our students, teachers and school
friends. We also collaborated in fund-raising for food with
the Polish Red Cross from Plock.

On
the fifth of November there was a meeting with Barbara Kosmowska in
"Chotomek". This woman is the author of such books as "Buba", "Puszka",
"Pozłacana rybka" and " Niechciana".The writer answered the questions
of class 3B in a simple and a very kind way.

Gerard Paduchowski (3d)

Halloween

On
the 29th of October,first grade students (class 1a) organised Halloween
Evening.T here was a lot of fun.During the party we learnt about the
history of Halloween.We watched a presentation prepared by Ania
Kwiatkowska,Julita Cie¶lak and Natalia Sochacka.Then we had a contest
for the best outfit.The winner was Piotr Lewicki but Adam Krakowiak and
Ada Wroblewska were also titled.The climax of the evening was a horror
show. The class room number 15 changed into a cinema room. During
watching the film we ate popcorn and crisps and we could not stop from
shouting with fear but our headteacher was scared the MOST!!!;)

On 21-25.10.2013 sports class (2e ) under the care of teachers Mrs.
Małgorzata Gronkowska , Mr. Agnieszka Kalwasińska and coaches
from our school and ZSP number 70 visited Denmark. We had a lot of
attractions there. One of them was a visit to the match with Kif
Kolding - Orlen Wisla Plock that we viewed from Trefor Arena in Kolding
. After the game we had a chance to talk to the players and ask them a
few questions. After an overnight trip we reached the boarding school
,, Stidsholt '', which was located in Saeby in Denmark. In this school,
we settled for a few days. During the stay abroad we visited the town
in which we accomodated, and various other interesting places. On
Tuesday ( 22.10 ) we, along with Mr. Michael Christiansen,
were
on a trip to the town of Saeby . The neighbourhood is mostly made up of
small villages. There is really cool ! We drove up to the port ,
watching the beautiful sea . On Wednesday, our class visited a boarding
school under the care of Mr Hans Hessellund in Aalborg . This school
has given two six- month scholarships to Polish students, Next to it, there is a line
park and a climbing wall, which is VERY high. The big attraction was
that we could jump from it! Even the teacher dared. It was an
amazing experience. The next day the girl and the boys were training
and sparring with colleagues from Denmark.. During our stay in the
dormitory, we were familiarizing ourselves with people from foreign
environment. We did well in communication. We played with them, for
example, in the pool talking a lot to each other. On Thursday ( 24.10
)there was an English lesson, which was based on the
formation of
the fours, two Polish and two Danish students . The students were given
pictures presenting a Polish player or the President , etc. as well as
the Danish famous people. This way using English we were
describing the images of our country and the well-known people. The
lesson ran successfully. Unfortunately, the day of departure came and
for this reason, we were all very sad because at this school and these
people were great to hang out with. On Friday after night journey (we)
young sportsmen reached Poland exhausted but with wonderful memories ?

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the 28th of October a reading marathon took place. The
participants were students from 1st grade. The book passeages
from the A. Ochimowska’s novels were read by the3rd and
2nd students: Julia ¦liwińska, Natalia Wi¶niewska,
Aleksandra Czerwińska, Natalia Bębenista and Julia Błauciak. The The
marathon was prepared by Mrs. E. Łabu¶, Mrs. E. Dobies , Mrs. J.
Malecka, Mr. R. G±siorowki, Mr. P. ¦migała and Mr. S. Dorajczyk and a a
part of the International School Library Month.

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the 26th of October group of students: Klaudia Misztal, Agata
Wysibirska from IG, Paweł Zalewski, Aleksander Irzyk from IB and Daniel
Żurawski from IF with the careers from students’ government
– Mrs. Jolanta Malecka and Mr. G±siorowski encouraged passersby
from Wielka Płyta’s area to vote for our school’s
project named “Scieżka Zdrowia” participating in
citizen’s budget .

Mateusz Roszak
3a

Tournament of volleyball

Girls
volleyball tournament
was organized on 23rd October because of The Independence Day. The
middle school number 8, number 6, number 5 and the middle school
in Brudzeń participated in this event.

Here are the results:
1st place - Middle school number 8
2nd place - Middle school number 5
3rd place- Middle school in Brudzeń

On
the 15th of October class 2B took part in the workshops:"The waste
trackers". These are lessons concerning the waste and knowing the
beauty of nature.
Young people visited:
Recycling point in Gierzynskiego street.
The pavilion to the waste collection and segregation in Lachman street
The waste utilization plant in Kobierniki.
The students participated in:
the hiking in the nature reserve "D±browa Ł±cka"
in three ecological competitions organized by the guide.
The workshops ended with a common bonfire.

Community
Centre in Plock organized the competition "Słowa po niebie
płyn±ce" "The words flowing across the sky" for the secondary and
middle school and students. The event was on 22nd October.
The participants competed in 2 categories: recitation and sung poetry.
Kinga Koziorowska, our school girl (class 1G) and the school band
"Marchewkowe Pole" got an award. Mr. Gabriel Sieradzki, our student
Daniel Przyborowski(class 3A) and Sara Trafas appeared as the
accompanists.

On
the 4th of October the integration hiking route for 1st grade
students , their parents and form teachers was organized. The route led
from Płock’s Winiary to the forester’s lodge in
Brwilno. The participants of the hike had an opportunity to meet
portion of the Boleslaw Krzywousty’s trail. More
careful observers admired the stately oaks, lindens and pines.
The forester Mariusz Donwarowicz lit a fire for walkers. Baked sausages
tasted very good. The presentations of individual 1st grade
students were the biggest attraction. Students mainly used the
possibility of singing their own songs about their grades. We are full
of admiration of students’ creativity. Thanks for helping
in organizing of the route for Mr. Artur Radzio. We
hope, that present parents caught the bug and they will join in
the next route in spring.

On the 27th of September the second and third grade
students from junior high school number 5 in Plock conducted the
science workshops. Participants of the workshops were the
pupils from the primary school number 12 in Płock with their form
teacher Mrs. Elżbieta Kwiecińska. Our younger colleagues were
also trying to answer the question “How to consume less
water?” and “How not to waste it?”. They were
doing quizzes and crosswords. Students from our school prepared
the presentation about ecology and the waste recycling. The
workshops were prepared by Mrs. Olga Zalewska, Mrs. Jolanta Malecka.

On
the 25 th of September 2013 The Plock’s Library organized a town
game dedicated to Stefan Themerson. Our school was represented by Daria
Baranowska, Beata Jarzyńska, Ola Koralewska, Agnieszka Lewandowska and
Klaudia Malinowska from class 3b under Ms Barbara Kowalska’s
care. The members of the game were answering the questions and
were doing the practical exercices in the Mazovian Museum,
Plock’s Library, The Synagogue and The Estera Restaurant.

First grade students’ Pledge of Allegiance
On the 20th of September 2013 the first grade students of
our middle school made a ceremonial pledge of allegiance to the school
flag. Thereby they have become the members of the school society
of Middle School number 5. The ceremony had been prepared under
the care of Ms Ewa Łabu¶. The participants of the ceremony were
also the parents of first grade students, who we want to
thank for the attendance.

Mr. Bednarz – the Geography teacher in our school, is the
winner in the National Competition for teachers in
designing educational trips. We hope that Mr. Bednarz will carry
his project out during this school year. Congratulations!

Three
teachers from our school are going to carry out a new teaching
method - Problem Solving Maps. Its author is Dr Danilo Silias - the
professor of Business Administration Department in Saginaw Valley
University in the USA, who has been using The Problem
Solving Maps in his work since 2002. Our teachers took part in the
training course to improve their skills in using TOC method.

National
Reading a national campaign which consists in public reading of the
greatest works of Polish literature, dates back to 2012 and was
originated by the President Bronisław Komorowski. Its main aim is to
promote readership, draw attention to the necessity to care for Polish
language and strengthen the nation’s identity. Within the scope
of this year’s edition of the Narodowe Czytanie [National
Reading] project, works by Aleksander Fredro will be read out loud in
public places. On 7th September 2013 Library in Płock and Town Council
are inviting to common reading pieces of Alexander Fredro. Students
from our school will be talking part in this event. Come and support
us! At 5.00-5.30 p.m. we are reading parts of
“Zemsta”(“Revenge”). Your support will
certainly help us. During the event our school will be represented by
the class 2b under the supervision of Mrs. Jolanta Malecka.

During
the holidays, when you – dear students were relaxing, our school
was mastered by the repair crews, which goal was to improve the
technical standards of Junior High School number 5 in Plock.
Things which have been improved:
- didactic building and halls (also with driveway for disabled people),
new electrical installation on the 1st floor in the didactic building and in the main building,
- toilets in the main building.
Mentioned repairs were funded by Municipality of Plock. A lot of other repairs were paid from the school budget.
The Headmaster Mrs Eliza Ogorzała wants to thank all the workers engaged in the renovation of our school..
We hope, that final effect is satisfying.. We all should look after the daily aesthetics and cleanliness of the school.